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​Lookout Mountain Auto Race

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Play the slide show below to see the classic cars that competed in the auto race up Lookout Mountain.

I barely remember this day, which makes me believe that it was around 1955. My Dad took these pictures and I recovered them from old slides.

Does anyone recall the last year they held this race?  I'm looking forward to hearing sports car enthusiasts chime in as to what make/model some of these cars were. Even better, it would be great if anyone remembers who some of the drivers were.

Here is an exert from a blog that gives some details about the race in 1954. It comes from 'AutoracingMemories.com':


     The Corvette in the '54 Lookout Mountain climb was driven by a fellow by the name of Paul Reeves. Unfortunately       the 'Vette was no match for the Jaguar XK120s which dominated the Over 1500cc production car class, finishing         14th in a field of 17 cars, with a time of 6 minutes 45.3 seconds. The class winner was ... Paul Reeves in a Jag              witha time of 6 minutes 0.4 seconds.

      The only other non-Jag in the field was a supercharged Kaiser Darrin driven by Kaiser dealer Gene Kurland. The          Darrin didn't do all that well either, finishing 12th at 6 min 32.2 secs.                                                                            
      The photo below, taken at the '54 climb, shows the Darrin waiting it's turn on the hill, behind the #87 Robert                  Johnson "Mordan Mod.", presumably a modified Morgan. Johnson finished second in the Over 1500cc Modified             category, with a time of 6 minute 5.3 seconds.
So it took about 6 minutes for the cars to go from the stone pillars to the top. My best time on a bicycle when I was a young man was 27 minutes. 
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